LoomyTheBrewwrote:
The only thing that I was disappointed about is that Tooru and Akari are brother and sister. I thought for once, we were going to get main characters that were already in a relationship. That would have been a nice change of pace for once.

Yeah, actually, that might've been better.

Pretty good first episode, though. Jumps right into things. Our two "saboteurs" got hired by a strange wizard girl to steal something. Simple, but effective. It might end up being the best show for me this season. I really liked Blast of Tempest from the same studio, anyway.

LoomyTheBrewwrote:
The only thing that I was disappointed about is that Tooru and Akari are brother and sister. I thought for once, we were going to get main characters that were already in a relationship. That would have been a nice change of pace for once.

Yeah, actually, that might've been better.

Pretty good first episode, though. Jumps right into things. Our two "saboteurs" got hired by a strange wizard girl to steal something. Simple, but effective. It might end up being the best show for me this season. I really liked Blast of Tempest from the same studio, anyway.

I'm glad you agree. I think that would have made things far more interesting.

And the first episode was great without a doubt. I expect some good things from this show, and Bones is a great studio so the animation will be top notch for sure.

After watching the first episode like 5 more times I now feel like this will probably be my favorite show this season. The animation is pretty good, the soundtrack/music is absolutely fantastic, and the opening is good, and the ending is amazing. I really like the pv music as well.

Chaika's VA is perfect. They did it like they needed to. :D

They moved some scenes around, but the pacing is great. This will be amazing, since the best type of fantasy setting, this author can do, just like scrapped princess.

When I read the synopsis it sounded like a teenager's bad attempt at a conworld. Still, I do enjoy fantasy worlds with some kind of political dimension so gave it a shot.

What I like:
- It has the same kind of initial pull of SAO for its first episodes. It feels quite like a game world and I look forward to discovering more about it.
- Evil unicorn was cool.
- I wasn't averse to the outfits. That tank wasn't too shabby either

How can one cast magic without any incantations? That's because that wizard is the mansion himself. What they stole is the hand of Chaika's father, who was a warlord emperor. And Tory vows to protect her no matter what. This episode is much better than the first, and the parallels to Scrapped Princess are definitely established.

Well, she got her important thing. I really hope their risking their lives were well worth it though. Anyways, it's explained that Chaika is the daughter of the emperor Gaz. I guess that makes sense to why she wanted the hand so bad.

Action was decent with the solid movements but the show feels somewhat rushed so far.

Fight in the mansion: Felt pretty uninspired, though the Count trying to buy the hand back while dangling in the air was great.

Pursuit through the streets: That scene were Chaika handed him the hand gave us some adorable faces that almost make up for her being a barely intelligible loli.

Fight v Nikolai: Kind of staggered belief that he could deflect that guy's blows so easily. Other than that it was a great fight, but I really hope they stop using "projectile deflection" so much, it always strikes me as pretty lazy in action scenes.

Plot plot plot: Getting more interesting...the dialogue was good but this Gillette guy just seems like a total incompetent, he needs to be fired. Looks like MC is unflinchingly self-centered - "the lazy man's choice" indeed. Akari was mostly an unsatisfying sidekick but that business about stuffing kept me from writing her off